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that is smaller in scale (either in terms of length or the instrumental forces required), or lighter in approach than a standard symphony. Although of
Italian form, the word is not genuine in that language and has seldom been used by Italian composers. It appears to have been coined in 1874 by
411:'s Sinfonietta No. 1 for string orchestra (1992), No. 2 for clarinet and strings (1994), No. 3 for string orchestra (2012) and Sinfonietta for flute and string orchestra (2019)
315:'s Sinfonietta No. 1 for 19 instruments (1999), No. 2, "Jacob’s Well" for orchestra (1999) and No. 3, "Gong" for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir, orchestra and electronics (2007–08)
89:'s Sinfonietta no. 1 "Time is ticking" for string orchestra (2013/2014) and Sinfonietta no. 2 "Polonia" - hommage Ă Wojciech Kilar for string orchestra (2017/2018)
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share. Many of the sinfoniettas listed on this page employ larger forces and/or are longer than pieces designated symphonies, sometimes even by the same composer.
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399:'s Sinfonietta No. 1 for small orchestra, Op. 10 (1911), No. 2 for string orchestra, Op. 32 No. 2 (1929) and No. 3 for string orchestra, Op. 68 (1946)
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237:'s Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 56 (1968), Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 67 (1969), Sinfonietta No. 3, Op. 71 (1970), and Sinfonietta No. 4 (1971)
333:'s Sinfonietta No. 1 ("Opaco resplandor de la memoria"), for orchestra (1998–99), and Sinfonietta No. 2 "Curvas del Guadiana" (2004)
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itself can refer to pieces of music of varied size and scope, it is difficult to identify common criteria which pieces called
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577:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra, Op. 96 (1964), Sinfonietta for wind instruments and percussion, Op. 97 (1964)
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511:'s Sinfonietta, Op. 49, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (1968–69)
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Bird, Steven Carl. 1985. "Folk
Material and Its Relationship to Structure and Form in Janácek's Sinfonietta".
67:'s Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 48 (1954), Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 65 (1958), and Sinfonietta No. 3, Op. 81 (1964)
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642:'s Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 41 (1948) and Sinfonietta No. 2 for string orchestra and timpani, Op. 74 (1960)
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This article is about musical works named
Sinfonietta. For chamber music groups named Sinfonietta, see
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Palacios Nieto, MarĂa. 2006. "Nueva mĂşsica sinfĂłnica: Acogida crĂtica y análisis de
Sinfonietta".
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Krier, Yves. 1998. "La
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Loll, Werner. 1992. "Ein Spiel mit Moden und
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309:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra, "A brasileira", Op. 131 (1952)
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571:'s Sinfonietta for solo flute, piano and string orchestra (1947)
477:'s Sinfonietta on Russian Themes in A minor, Op. 31 (1879–84)
499:'s Sinfonietta for large string orchestra, Op. 163 (1984–85)
119:'s Sinfonietta for piano, flauto and string orchestra (1947)
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Kemp, Ian. 1998. "Sinfonietta 1950: Colour of Design". In
545:'s Symphonietta for trumpet, tympani and strings (1974–75)
618:'s Sinfonietta No. 1 (1916) and Sinfonietta No. 2 (1947)
523:'s Sinfonietta on Russian folksongs, Op. 43 (1949–51)
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630:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra, Op. 54 (2002)
113:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra, Op. 61 (1944)
505:'s Sinfonietta for organ, harp and strings (1962)
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243:'s Sinfonietta for wind orchestra, Op. 39 (1970)
695:The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
636:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra and timpani
517:'s Sinfonietta for 2 string orchestras (1956)
449:in A major, Op. 5 (1909, rev. 1929 as Op. 48)
175:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1951–59)
423:'s Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra, Op. 19
391:Sinfonietta in B-flat, Op. 24 "For Children"
353:(1950), both for piano and chamber orchestra
265:'s Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra, Op. 38
774:. MĂĽnchner BroschĂĽren 4. Munich: G. MĂĽller.
682:'s Symphonietta for string orchestra (2010)
465:'s Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 90 (1904–05)
293:'s Sinfonietta for orchestra, Op. 49 (1986)
141:'s Sinfonietta for chamber orchestra (1928)
693:Temperley, Nicholas. 2001. "Sinfonietta."
565:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1953)
365:'s Sinfonietta No. 1 for brass band (2011)
221:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1935)
169:'s Sinfonietta for strings, Op. 105 (1966)
73:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1966)
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491:Sinfonietta for string orchestra, Op. 52
405:'s Sinfonietta for woodwind octet (1905)
751:Musurgia: Analyse et Pratique Musicales
654:'s Sinfonietta for wind ensemble (1968)
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718:Sinfonietta en re de Ernesto Halffter
417:'s Sinfonietta I (1987) and II (1990)
555:" (1924) and Sinfonietta No. 1, "Ă€
191:'s Sinfonietta for string orchestra
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765:Cuadernos de MĂşsica Iberoamericana
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215:'s Sinfonietta in 3 Sätzen, Op. 50
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551:'s Sinfonietta No. 1, "Ă€ mon ami
483:'s Sinfonietta humoristica (1922)
61:'s Sinfonietta for strings (1970)
785:Little Symphony (disambiguation)
758:Ă–sterreichische Musikzeitschrift
209:'s Sinfonietta in D major (1925)
705:. London: Macmillan Publishers.
147:'s Sinfonietta for concert band
585:Sinfonietta on Estonian Motifs
371:'s Sinfonietta, Op. 363 (1957)
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676:'s Sinfonietta, Op. 38 (1994)
648:'s Sinfonietta, Op. 83 (1932)
359:'s Sinfonietta, Op. 34 (1967)
339:'s Sinfonietta in F (1928–29)
277:'s Sinfonietta, Op. 16 (1915)
107:'s Sinfonietta, Op. 30 (1976)
101:'s Sinfonietta, Op. 34 (1950)
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271:'s Sinfonietta for orchestra
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595:Sinfonietta di Soffiatori
529:'s Sinfonietta (1948–49)
303:in B major, Op. 5 (1912)
247:Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
772:Max Reger's Sinfonietta
664:Alexander von Zemlinsky
475:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
297:Erich Wolfgang Korngold
18:Sinfonietta (orchestra)
810:Classical music styles
770:Schmitz, Eugen. 1905.
161:Sinfonietta accademica
660:'s Sinfonietta (1965)
624:'s Sinfonietta (1916)
612:'s Sinfonietta (1975)
471:'s Sinfonietta (1959)
429:'s Sinfonietta (1941)
383:'s Sinfonietta (1945)
377:'s Sinfonietta (1944)
321:'s Sinfonietta (1991)
203:'s Sinfonietta (1999)
195:Peggy Glanville-Hicks
183:Minnesota Sinfonietta
153:'s Sinfonietta (1974)
135:'s Sinfonietta (1904)
95:'s Sinfonietta (1932)
543:Germaine Tailleferre
537:Sinfonietta flamenca
409:Krzysztof Penderecki
351:Sinfonietta La Jolla
281:VĂtÄ›zslava Kaprálová
213:Josef Matthias Hauer
157:Peter Maxwell Davies
71:Alexander Arutiunian
753:5, nos. 3–4:163–90.
640:Mieczysław Weinberg
469:Wallingford Riegger
455:'s Sinfonietta for
347:Sinfonietta giocosa
229:Lustige Sinfonietta
740:Hindemith-Jahrbuch
658:Malcolm Williamson
616:Heitor Villa-Lobos
521:Vissarion Shebalin
397:Nikolai Myaskovsky
381:José Pablo Moncayo
325:Elizabeth Maconchy
105:Herbert Blendinger
87:Maciej Bałenkowski
744:Annales Hindemith
726:978-84-96644-50-2
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569:Mikis Theodorakis
563:Boris Tchaikovsky
557:Renard Czajkowski
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167:Louis Durey
145:Ingolf Dahl
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687:References
575:Ernst Toch
269:Pál Kadosa
93:Arnold Bax
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463:Max Reger
457:ten winds
179:Iván Erőd
151:Ikuma Dan
77:JĂĽrg Baur
779:See also
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